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Today, on almost every front page of a newspaper, from small towns in Arkansas to the biggest cities in the nation, same-sex couples are featured prominently, and headlines report that the United States Supreme Court has struck down bans on marriage between same-sex couples.

April kicks off another chapter in our campaign to win marriage nationwide: On the 10th and 17th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit will hear oral arguments in Denver, Colorado on the first marriage cases to reach the appellate level, from Utah and Oklahoma, respectively.

Today, marriage supporters from across the state of Oklahoma came together to launch Freedom Oklahoma, a robust, broadbased bipartisan campaign to move marriage forward and make the case that Oklahoma is ready for the freedom to marry.

Today, the United States Department of Justice announced that the federal government will respect the legal marriages of the 300+ same-sex couples in Michigan who were issued marriage licenses in the state on Saturday, March 22.

Tonight, Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson will be honored by Keshet, an LGBT Jewish organization based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Freedom to Marry's National Campaign Director Marc Solomon will present the award to Evan tonight.

This week, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer became the newest chair of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a coalition of nearly 400 mayors from across the country who support marriage for same-sex couples.

After last Friday's amazing victory in Michigan - which resulted in several hours of the freedom to marry in some Michigan counties on Saturday - it's a good time to check in on the state of marriage litigation across the country.

Today, Djuan Trent, who won the title of Miss Kentucky in 2010 and finished in the Top 10 of the Miss America competition in 2011, signed on as the newest honorary co-chair for Southerners for the Freedom to Marry.

Today Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry released a memo outlining recent support of the freedom to marry within the Republican party, including strong Republican polling; vocal support among GOP lawmakers in the states; and the lack of opposition to marriage from Republican electoral candidates.

Freedom to Marry was the campaign to win marriage nationwide. With the Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015, the work of this strategic campaign – though not the larger movement – was achieved, and Freedom to Marry wound down its operations, closing in early 2016. For inquiries, please email legacy@freedomtomarry.org.